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Defund, dismantle, or disband police?
No way, according to President Trump.
Instead of us takingsteps for police reform
that include tactics of de-escalation.
Both Republicans and Democratsare working on reforms
such as better training,more police body cameras,
and limited qualifiedimmunity for officers
involved in the killingof African-Americans.
Charlene Aaron explains.
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- During a trip to Dallas, Thursday,
President Trump announcedplans to reform police
in an effort to reduceracial inequalities,
including better training.
- And we're working tofinalize an executive order
that will encourage policedepartments nationwide
to meet the most currentprofessional standards
for the use of force, includingtactics for de-escalation.
We're not defunding police.
If anything, we're going the other route.
We're gonna make sure thatour police are well trained,
perfectly trained, theyhave the best equipment.
- [Charlene] The presidentalso slamming calls
to defund the police,
saying that would onlymake problems worse.
- Unfortunately, there aresome trying to stoke division
and to push an extreme agenda,
which we won't go for, thatwill produce only more poverty,
more crime, more suffering.
This includes radical efforts to defund,
dismantle, and disband the police.
They wanna get rid of the police forces.
They actually wanna get rid of it.
And that's what they do.
- [Charlene] The president's comments come
after nationwide protests overthe death of George Floyd,
a black man at the hands
of a white police officer in Minneapolis.
Some argue for eliminationof police departments
or stripping agencies of their funding.
On Capitol Hill, Senate Republicans
are working on theirown police reform bill,
which focuses on better training
and includes a new national database
to track potential police misconduct.
One sticking point isover qualified immunity,
which can protect policefrom civil lawsuits.
Democrats want to make it easier
for individuals to sue police for damages,
something the White House says
won't be included in the Senate bill.
In testimony before lawmakers Wednesday,
Floyd family attorney Ben Crump said,
"Floyd's death shows the needfor more police body cameras,"
and pushed for limiting qualified immunity
for police involved in thekilling of African-Americans.
- If there's no accountability,it will keep happening
and we pray that GeorgeFloyd is the last one,
but if this great body doesn'tact, it's gonna happen again.
- [Charlene] South Carolina's Tim Scott,
the lone black Republican,
is leading this Senatepolice reform effort,
working with the White House,saying it's nearly done
and that he thinks a bill is possible.
- [Tim] Obviously, we'reon different tracks.
I think the tracks have common terrain,
but it's not necessarythat we be on the same page
on every aspect of it.
- Meanwhile, Senator Rand Paulhas introduced legislation
to end no-knock warrants,
after the shooting death of a 26-year-old
African-American woman, Breonna Taylor,
in her home by police in Louisville
using a no-knock warrant.
The Justice for Breonna Taylor Act
bans officers from carrying out a warrant
without announcing theirauthority or purpose.
Charlene Aaron, CBN News.
- And joining us now isChristian author, speaker,
and recording artist, Carlos Whittaker.
Carlos, you've beengetting a lot of questions
about the Black Lives Matter organization
and how they don't alignwith Christian beliefs.
Can you explain and clarifywhat's going on there?
- Yeah, I've got a lot of,
Instagram following andsocial media following
is predominantly a whiteevangelical conservative audience.
So, I think when theystarted seeing me speak out
and say the term Black Lives Matter,
I think that a lot ofpeople started saying,
"Wait a second, does that mean that you
"support the organization?"and also by saying that.
And so what I did isactually put out a video
that's gotten over 100,000 views,
that explains how Ibelieve that Christians
can say the term Black Lives Matter,
without necessarily stillsupporting the organization.
That's up to an individual Christian
if they wanna do that.
But I do think that there can be two
autonomous things that you can do.
- How can Christians and the Church
stand up against racial injustice?
- I think that Christians andthe Church need to realize
that we have been called to be the hands
and the feet of Jesus.
So, although the very firstthing that all of us need to do
is to get our on our handsand knees and to petition
on behalf of those who have had injustices
done against them, prayeris absolutely important.
But I also believewe've got to have action
behind our intention thatis more than just prayer.
And so, yes prayer changes things,
but as well as you would go tothe doctor if you were sick,
and not just pray about it,
I think that we've gotto look at the natural
and the things we do inour natural, as the help,
and the supernatural, our God is our hope.
So our help is in the natural
and our hope is in the supernatural.
I think if we can take that,
then I think we can defeat this.
- We also wanna talk about avideo posted on your Instagram,
it's getting a lot of attention.
You made a connection withan elderly white neighbor
who painted one of hissmall rabbit statues
in his front yard blackto show his support
of the Black Lives Matter movement.
We're going to play a clip of his story
and then we wanna hear fromyou about the experience.
Let's take a look.
- When I was growing upfor some reason my mother
hired a black lady to keep the house up.
Laundry, food, cooking.
Raise me, all of that stuff.
And she was a black lady, was a servant.
She taught me how to do everything,
and I never felt any indifferenceto her and to blacks.
But, I could more.
I could paint both black,
but I just said I'd rather have one.
- [Carlos] I love it.
It was so good.
- Tell us about that interaction.
Elaborate a little bit moreon what happened there.
- Absolutely.
I moved into my home,
in a white suburbanupper-middle-class neighborhood
in Nashville, Tennessee,about four years ago,
and I became friendswith all my neighbors,
but there was one man across the street
that would never smile at me.
He would never say hello,although I tried and I tried.
And to be honest with you
as a black man livingin this neighborhood,
I looked at this older gentleman,
and I began to build anarrative in my head,
I began to build a bias in my heart
about what he thought aboutpeople that look like me.
And so, I just, abouttwo years ago, gave up.
But then, a few daysago, I see this old man
walk out of his frontdoor with a can of paint
and a paintbrush, kneeldown in front of one of the
white ceramic bunnies thathe has in his front yard
and start to paint it black,and my jaw, my friend, dropped
because I said, "Wait, is hedoing what I think he's doing?"
And so, that's all it took.
Then what I decided to dowas walk across the street,
and my first conversationever with this man,
named James across the street was,
"Why don't you paint that bunny black?"
And with tears in hiseyes, he told me that
he was raised by a whiteservant here in Nashville.
She taught him how to combhis hair, brush his teeth,
do arithmetic, and he couldnever imagine why a white person
would look down on a black person.
And all it took for me at that moment,
I looked at him and I justsaid, "I wanna apologize to you
"for the bias that I've builtinside of you me about you,"
and this is what I think.
I think if more of us canbegin to have conversations,
those conversations with our neighbors
are gonna actually change our communities.
I think protests can change policies,
but conversations will change communities.
- And quickly you also havea new book coming out called
"Enter Wild", how are youhoping it encourages Christians?
- The book is "Enter Wild:Exchange a Mild and Mundane Faith
"for Life with an Uncontainable God".
And for such a time of this,
I did not know when I wrotethe book it was gonna come out
in the middle of the pandemic
and in the middle of what's happening
in our country right now.
I just hope that it'sa call for Christians
to leave their safe, mildlife and to actually step out,
be the hands and feet of Jesus,
and finally live a wild Christian life.
- All right, Carlos Whittaker.
Thank you for your timeand your insight, sir.
- In other news, in theRichmond, Virginia area,
Governor Ralph Northamhas directed state workers
to remove the state-ownedRobert E. Lee Monument.
But protesters are takingmatters into their own hands,
tearing down other statues,
including a major CivilWar symbol just last night,
along Richmond's Monument Avenue.
- Here in the Richmond, Virginia area
Governor Ralph Northamhas directed workers
to take down the state-ownedRobert E. Lee Monument,
but protesters have been taking matters
into their own hands,removing other statues,
including a major symbol of the Civil War.
Just two nights ago alongRichmond's Monument Avenue.
A statue of Jefferson Davis,
the president of the Confederacy,
toppled Wednesday night,just before 11:00 p.m.
- Young people, in particular,are starting to stand up
and say that, "We're notgonna take this anymore,"
and I think it's awesome.
And it's gonna bring a lot of good change.
- [Eric] A day beforedemonstrators submerge a statue
of Christopher Columbus into alake at Richmond's Byrd Park.
The Robert E. Lee Monument is next,
but this one will be done professionally.
If protesters can prolong their patience.
- I am directing theDepartment of General Services
to remove the statue of RobertE. Lee, as soon as possible.
It will go into storage, andwe will work with the community
to determine its future.
- [Eric] In Portsmouth,Virginia, four statues
that are part of aConfederate monument, defaced.
Other monuments in Minneapolisand Houston, Texas,
torn down or defaced.
The movement, even reaching Capitol Hill,
where House Speaker Nancy Pelosiis calling for the removal
of nearly a dozen Confederate statues
from the halls of Congress.
President Trump taking a different stance,
saying no to renaming military bases
named after Confederate soldiers,
such as Fort Bragg, North Carolina,
and Fort Benning in Georgia,
even though top militaryleaders are open to the idea.
The White House presssecretary reading a statement
directly from the president.
- "My administrationwill not even consider
"the renaming of these magnificent
"and fabled military installations.
"Our history as thegreatest nation in the world
"will not be tampered with.
"Respect our military."
- [Eric] Meanwhile, we've not only seen
perceived symbols of racismcoming down domestically
but also internationally,like in Bristol, England.
- We cannot afford politiciansthat refuse to understand
the populations that they'vebeen tasked with leading,
otherwise, you end upwith a Trumpian approach,
which is all about dominatingand militarizing your streets.
- [Eric] And from NASCAR, amajor sport born in the South,
moving to ban the useof the Confederate flag.
- That's a symbol of hate
and it brings back so many bad memories.
Signs of oppression from way back when,
and there's no good thatcomes with that flag.
And that's the messagewe're tryna get across.
- It's a clarion call around the world,
that there was a movement that is gaining
not losing strength.
Eric Philips, CBN News.
- Officials are sounding the alarm
about new coronavirus infections
as a new study suggeststhe country may reach
more than 200,000 COVID-19deaths by the fall.
Still many states are movingforward with reopening.
In Orange County, California face masks
are no longer required.
And in Miami beacheswill be open this weekend
for the first time in months,
even as Florida sees itshighest jump in cases
since the pandemic began.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also says
schools will be opened in the fall.
infectious disease expertswarn that may be challenging
when it comes to implementingpreventative measures.
- If done very properly, and if we all,
including the children, takepersonal responsibility,
then we can come up with solutions,
as long as we bear inmind where the risks are
and how to keep those risks to a minimum.
- The State of Oregon and thecity of Nashville, Tennessee
have delayed they're reopening plans,
both citing a rising number of cases.
Coming off, the important day in history
for interracial couples,that's being remembered today,
and its impact on the country
during a time whenracial tensions are high.
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- Today June 12th is known as Loving Day,
marking a celebration ofthe day the Supreme Court
struck down states' bansagainst interracial marriage.
The day is named afterthe interracial couple
Richard and Mildred Loving,
who were at the centerof the case in 1967.
Joining us now to discussthis is Dr. Antipas Harris,
he's the president of theT.D. Jakes School of Divinity
and the author of the book,
"Is Christianity theWhite Man's Religion?"
Welcome, Dr. Harris.
- Mark, it's blessing to be here.
Thank you for the opportunity.
- The anniversary of the SupremeCourt's landmark decision
to legalize interracial marriage
comes at a time when racial tension
is heightened once again in America.
Why is this still an issue in 2020?
- Because racism is asocio-ecological stronghold
in our culture, as wellas a spiritual stronghold.
And we have changed laws,law after law over time,
but the pervasive socialconstruct that is inherent
in American the Americanexperiment remains,
and there are systems in place to sustain
that socio-ecological stronghold.
And so what we're faced with now
are drip by drip laws that are changed,
but not the structures that underpin them.
- Five decades since that decision,
interracial marriages haveincreased dramatically.
What message does that send?
- Well, that human agency is resisting
the lingering socio-ecological constructs
that remain intact.
An interracial marriageimplies hope, in my view,
for a de-racializedsociety for the future.
As you know, marriage, I believe,
is foundational to thepresent and future of society,
and marriages and families
will shift the future of the world.
And this is why it's suchan issue for some people.
- Switching out to racism in the Church.
In a recent article Christianity Today
highlights that many white Christians
were silent or even complicitin the face of slavery
and today have not taken the sin of racism
with the gravity andseriousness it deserves.
What are your thoughtson that, Dr. Harris?
- Well, I believe thatracism and white supremacy
are sponsored and perpetuated
with the arbitration ofso-called Christian worldview.
We know that from themaking of the New World.
Colonization and racism aretwo sides of the same coin.
And as a whole the Churchhas not lamented this,
we've just moved fromone phase to the next.
And from Methodist to Baptists,
to the Pentecostal denominations,
churches have followedculture over and over again.
Even times when it seemed thatwe were gonna have progress,
and say, for instance, John Wesley started
the Methodist movement as an abolitionist
telling Wilberforce to endslavery, that was in the 1700s.
But by the time we got to the 1800s,
Frederick Douglass who was a Methodist
was preaching against slavery
and the Methodists toldhim he was a heretic.
The same thing with theBaptists, they split.
Southern Baptists splitoff to preserve slavery.
Or we talking about Pentecostalismwhich is my tradition.
In the early 1900s thePentecostals boasted
the washing away of the colorline by the blood of Christ
in the Pentecostalexperience at Azusa Street,
but by 1821 the churchdenominations had split.
The Assemblies of God hadsplit, the P.A.W., UPC had split
all over racial reasons.
So I think that part ofit, that the culture has,
over and over again, hijackedthe theological claims,
and I think the call of theChurch to end this racism
that's part of thesuperstructure of the society.
- All right, Dr. Antipas Harris.
Thank you for your time today, sir.
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The recent push todefund police departments
sweeping the country isnot without precedent.
In fact, it's already been tried
in one of America's largestcities, San Francisco.
Chuck Holton takes a look atthe effects of those policies.
- [Chuck] San Francisco used to be known
as one of America's most beautiful cities.
While one of the world'swealthiest metros,
San Francisco is alsoone of the most liberal.
In recent years, the city has served
as a testbed for many progressive policies
that then show up in otherparts of the country.
These range from offering sanctuary
to illegal immigrants, cash payments,
and even free marijuanato the city's homeless,
decriminalizing property crime,and defunding the police.
The city's de-policing initiative
aimed to strip cops of their power
to enforce the law.
San Francisco resident, Doug Wylie,
says it makes policehesitant to do their jobs.
- They fear repercussions,whether it's legal
or social, or what have you.
They fear acting proactivelywill put them in a beef.
And so agencies are broadly saying,
"Hey, there's things that wedon't want you to do anymore."
Or individual officersslow rolling to a call,
making sure that they arriveafter everything is done.
The consequence of thatis increased crime.
- [Chuck] Results have been as negative
as they were predictable.
The city is now more dangerousthan 98% of American cities.
Homelessness and illegaldrug use are rampant.
Property crimes have skyrocketed
to more than 55,000 each year.
- On a daily basis,you'll see homeless people
shooting up heroin.
Or I'll walk my dog down the Embarcadero
and there's used hypodermicneedles on the ground,
there's human feces.
There's all these things where
you're at the hub of innovation,
you're in the centerof progressive thought,
and yet people are left
to be living on the streets, using drugs.
- They have changed the laws,
but they've also againde-emphasized, again de-policing,
de-emphasized enforcementof laws that do still exist.
Heroin's still illegal.
But it's really not enforcedwhen it's on the street.
So that's what theexample of de-policing is.
If you de-emphasize or de-criminalize,
people are going to do what they think
they can get away with doing.
- You know, if you're trying to mitigate,
it's like they're confused.
They say they wannamitigate police shootings,
yet they don't allowpolice to carry Tasers?
- In 2015, 32-year-old Kate Steinle
became one of the many victims
of San Francisco's soft on crime,
but hard on citizensapproach to law enforcement.
Kate Steinle was murderedright here on Pier 14
in San Francisco.
The man who killed herclaimed it was an accident.
But I would submit thatthat was an accident
that was constructed bythe city of San Francisco
through bad policy.
Let me explain.
First of all, this guy was a felon,
had seven felony convictions
and had been deportedfrom the United States
five different times before that.
He had also been arrested by
the sheriff here in San Francisco.
But because of that city'ssanctuary city policies,
they had let him go only hours earlier
and not informed ICE so hecould be deported again.
Because of that, he was ableto be here on this pier,
where he picked up a stolen gun.
That gun had been stolen from a car
that was parked right over here
on the Embarcadero several nights earlier.
The reason that the car was broken into
was because of San Francisco's policy
of essentially decriminalizingauto break-ins,
making it basically like a parking ticket
and because of that,
somebody was able to break intothat car and steal that gun.
We don't know exactly who that was.
Now the third thing isthat the gun was in the car
because of San Francisco's policy,
very restrictive policy, onthe carrying of firearms.
The man who owned thegun was a park ranger
from the Bureau of Land Management.
He was on his way northto Montana to work,
but he went out with his family here
and didn't wanna bring his gun
into the restaurantbecause of the very tight
gun control policies and sohis gun got left in the car,
the car got broken into,the weapon got stolen,
the illegal immigrant picked it up
and Kate Steinle is dead todaybecause of those policies.
- It bothers me enormouslythat people like
elected officials andcelebrities in Hollywood,
other residents of California,
are surrounded by armedguards, armed security,
and I'm not allowed to protectmyself in the same way.
That makes me feel
that they feel I'm lessof a person to protect.
- [Chuck] Chuck Holton, CBN News,
San Francisco, California.
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- Medical school students in California
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